Characters who have appeared in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and the sequels DS/DS Cute.
For characters that debuted solely in DS or DS Cute, go here. For info on the AWL characters as they appear in the remake, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, go here. For characters from other entries in the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons series or the franchise in general, go here.
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Protagonists (Mark and Pony)
Mark/Pony
- Age-Inappropriate Dress: Even when their face is wrinkled and their hair is gray, the main character's outfit never changes. An old man or woman running around in the clothes they wore as a teenager is... quite an interesting spectacle. Though at the very least, the male main character's outfit looks universally practical. The female version? Less so...
- All There in the Manual: Mark's age is stated to be 25 in the official Japanese guidebook for A Wonderful Life. Pony's age is not revealed, but creator Yasuhiro Wada comments in the official Japanese Another Wonderful Life guidebook that Pony is meant to evoke a university student, rather than an office worker like Claire.
- Anime Hair: Mark has perpetually spiky hair.
- Call to Agriculture: Of course. They lived in the city up until deciding to take over their dad's farm.
- Deadpan Snarker: Many of Pony's dialogue options are dripping with sardonic overtones.Rock: It's surprising how sharp I'm being today.Pony: (Choice 1) Yep.Pony: (Choice 2) Moron.
- Determinator: While the story of A Wonderful Life begins with Takakura going to visit Mark and telling him about the farm due to Mark's lack of direction in life, Another Wonderful Life has Pony take the initiative, sending Takakura a letter in a bright red envelope that ends with the line "I want to try working on the farm." Takakura remarks that she has her father's strange spirit.
- Dreadful Musician: Both are noted to be tone deaf, a trait Takakura remarks they inherited from their father, reminiscing on his memories of their late father's voice.Takakura: You were...terrible...You sounded like a dinosaur...
- The Hero Dies: The game follows their whole life, and it ends with them dying in their sleep.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Most people don't even know their default names.
- Heroic Mime: S/he never says a word - every interaction with another character is done with changing facial expressions, nods or shakes of the head, and occasional charade-like actions. The choices you choose count as dialogue though.
- The Lad-ette: The reactions Pony gets from the townsfolk suggest that she's this, and her dialogue choices are also notably more sarcastic and brusque than Mark's. This is true in the Japanese version too, where she has the option to use harsh speech in many events, particularly Rock's. When coming across Rock sleeping in her field during his second heart event, one of the responses to his "Oh, what are you doing here?" has her refer to him with the ridiculously insulting pronoun kisama. This is the correct option to raise his affection.
- Missing Mom: Their dad is deceased, but their mother never even gets mentioned.
- Passed in Their Sleep: Implied to how the protagonist ultimately dies at the end of the game, with your spouse trying to wake you up before panicking and calling your child to get the doctor. Everyone in Forget-Me-Not recalls their memories of you and mourn your death.
- Playful Cat Smile: Pony sports one when her Spirit is high.
- Purely Aesthetic Gender: The gender doesn't affect the character's stamina or anything else; the only difference it makes is the choice of love interests.
- Statuesque Stunner: Pony is the same height as Mark, making her taller than most of the residents and many of the men. The flavor text when examining the stairs to Muffy's room says it's much too small for you to enter.
- Technicolor Eyes: Pony has purple eyes.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: One of the first outfits you can unlock as Pony is "I Love Bears", a pink and yellow little number with Da-chan on the front.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Pony permanently wears a ponytail to fit her determined personality.
Your Child
Your Child (Named Toto/Andy in My Little Shop)
Your Son (if you married Celia) and your Daughter. Both with their Toddler, Child and Teen forms.
Your child will appear in Chapter 2 after they were born. Their interests and what career they will have can be influenced by your decisions and who your friends are. They can have one of six different careers consisting of: Farmer, Rancher, Artist, Musician, Scholar or Athlete.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Your daughter can become one of these if she is more rebellious, although it's pretty downplayed. There will be a scene where she gets into an argument with her mother regardless of who you married. She'll eventually grow out of it.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: If you marry Nami, your child will have generally high strengths, but generally low interests — meaning he (or she, in Special Edition) could be good at almost any career, but requires a lot of pushing from you to actually try.
- Cheerful Child: When your child is in their toddler and child phases. Nami's is an exception for being slightly depressed, while Celia's child remains happy well into adulthood.
- Cutting Off the Branches: Andy's appearance in My Little Shop implied that Mark may have married Muffy as he resembles Muffy's son in his child stage. With the difference being having blue eyes
instead of green eyes. - Demoted to Extra: They play an important role in the Wonderful Life games, though they lose some focus in the DS games.
- Dub Name Change: He's called Toto in the Japanese version of My Little Shop, but named Andy outside of Japan.
- Emo Teen: Your child will become more moody when they're in this phase, but get better when they become an adult. Nami's child in particular will be more depressed.
- Fiery Redhead: Inverted with Nami's son, who is more quiet and reserved like his mother.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Your daughter will sleep with a stuffed rabbit as a child. She outgrows it when she becomes a teenager.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: You will need to name your kid.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Hugh and Kate are probably the only people in the Valley closest to your child's age range, but your kid will befriend some villagers relevant to what career they're perusing. For example, befriending Cody if your kid wants to be an artist, or Gustafa (if you're not married to him) if they're interested in music.
- Lamarck Was Right: Sometimes marrying a certain spouse and being friends with some people helps influence your child to a certain career. Celia's and Marlin's kid will be interested in farming and ranching, Lumina's and Gustafa's child will be interested in music, and Muffy's and Rock's child will be interested in athletics. Nami's kid would be more of a an artist or scholar, but they can fit in any career other than athlete.
- Momma's Boy: If you married Nami, Chris's fortune for your child will out him as one. Ironic when your child will hold some resentment towards Nami when they grow to a teen due to her off-hand parenting.
- Nice Guy/Girl: Celia's and Marlin's child will be one of these growing up. Not as moody or rebellious as the others.
- Not Allowed to Grow Up: Refreshingly averted for a change, as your child can grow up from a toddler into adulthood.
- Patchwork Kids: Your son will share your spouse's eye and hair color, however your daughter will share Mark's eyes and hair in Special Edition.
- Precocious Crush: Your son will either fall in love with Kate (who's about six years older than him), or if you married Nami, Lumina (who's about fourteen to twenty years older)! Your daughter will fall for Hugh (who's about six years older, eight internationally). Granted it's slim pickings for them.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Your child takes after your wife if they're male, you if they're female.
- Tomboy: Your daughter will be one of these when she's a little girl. Though she'll start to act a bit more feminine as she grows up.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Your daughter will start wearing one when she's a kid and keeps it ever since.
- They Are All Grown Up: By the end of the game, you child will be a young adult ready to start a career of their own.
Bachelorettes
Celia
A farm girl who works on Vesta's farm. She's peaceful and sweet. Vesta's brother, Marlin, has his eye on her.
Her DS descendant is "Serena"
- Age Lift: Received the most drastic one out of the bachelorettes: her age was listed as 19 in the official Japanese guidebook, and as 26 by Natsume in the manuals that came with AWL, ANWL, and AWL:SE overseas— likely due to the arranged marriage factor as well as the age gap between her and Masshu/Marlin.
- All There in the Manual:
- Her height is stated in the official Japanese guidebook for AWL to be 155 cm (~5’1’’)
- Vesta is noted as her “relative”note in the official Japanese guidebooks for AWL and ANWL.
- It’s clarified in the official Japanese ANWL guidebook that she doesn’t have a particular disease— but rather, a weak constitution.
- Arranged Marriage: Vesta sets one of these up for her. Celia never goes through with it though.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The brunette. (Nami's the redhead and Muffy's the blonde.)
- Break the Cutie: In AWL if you bring her up to four hearts and see all of her events, then choose to marry someone else, it means she left her arranged marriage for nothing and shatters her heart. She, Vesta, and especially Marlin will never forgive you.
- Cloudcuckoolander: She has mild traits of this, mostly associated with her love of plants.
- Dub Name Change:
- In AWL. From Sepilia -> Celia.
- In DS. From Serena -> Celia.
- Education Mama: In AWL she really wants to see her son grow up to be a scientist and always wants him to be studying.
- Friend to All Living Things: Including her crops.
- Idiot Hair: She has a cowlick.
- The Ingenue: The kindest bachelorette in the Valley, and has two or three men after her.
- Shipper on Deck: In one of Marlin's Heart Scenes, she will pretend to feel tired and leave so Marlin and Pony will have some alone time.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: If you don't marry her, due to Vesta's influence and her previous heartbreak.
Muffy
Her DS descendant is "Muu".
- Age Lift: Her official age is 27 (with her birth month being June) in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 30 by Natsume in the manuals that came with AWL, ANWL, and AWL:SE overseas.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Wavy curls of gold. (Nami's got the red and Celia the brown.) Though it is revealed if you marry her that she uses curlers to get her hair like that every day.
- Dub Name Change:
- In AWL. From MuuMuu -> Muffy.
- In DS. From Muu -> Muffy.
- Dumb Blond: Not too strongly, compared to Rock, but it's there.
- Expy: Of Eve from the first game in the series. She's a bittersweet blonde bartender in a red dress.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Her DS (Cute) counterpart is a lot less catty than her A Wonderful Life counterpart.
- Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: In AnWL Muffy can be seen crying now and then by the river over the latest boyfriend in the city who's broken her heart. Whether he was cheating on her, or secretly using her as his mistress, she always simply convinces herself that she'll find her man one day. But... since you can't marry her in the game, she never does.
- May–December Romance:
- Her designated love interest (outside of the player) is Griffin, 16 years her senior. She only marries him in DS (Cute), though.
- She's also several years older than the player character.
- Older Than They Look: Even amongst the young looking characters, she is a canon example. It's not easily noticeable that Muffy is in her thirties already.
- Old Maid: In her Chapter 2 bridge cutscene, she bemoans that being over 30 has caused her love life troubles.
- Stepford Smiler: She really wants to get married and have a family, but just keeps ending up with the wrong guy. While this does upset her, she's determined to keep a smile on her face. If the male PC gets her to three hearts and then dumps her, she never really recovers from the heartbreak.
- True Blue Femininity: Her jacket. Her post-marriage dress in the special edition of AWL is also blue.
Nami
A traveler who drifted into Forget-Me-Not Valley and then forgot to leave. She lives at the village's inn but is quickly running out of money.
Her DS descendant is "Nazca"
- Age Lift: Her official age is listed as 25 in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 28 by Natsume in the manuals that came with AWL, ANWL, and AWL:SE overseas.
- Aerith and Bob: Not as bad as Takakura, but still.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The latter of the three. (Muffy's the blonde and Celia's the brunette.)
- Broken Bird: The most aloof bachelorette you'll meet and the most jaded too.
- The Cameo: Appears in Magical Melody as a weather girl, presumably in a timeline where Mark/Pony didn't marry her or befriend her. She can't be married in that game.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She takes a while to warm up to you. Most of the items she likes are either difficult meals or crops to attain in your first year, or flowers or vegetation that don't appear until fall or winter, causing her to be one of the most difficult to romance.
- Dub Name Change: In DS. From "Nazka/Nasuka" -> "Nami".
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Her hair was combed and straight in A Wonderful Life. It didn't become messy until the Distaff Counterpart.
- Icy Blue Eyes: She has sharp blue eyes befitting her aloof nature. Her son will have these too.
- Maternally Challenged: Fights with her son, goes off to the bar every night and spends most of her days wandering aimlessly outside. The baby will be fine on his own...
- Messy Hair: She has bedhead-looking hair that is only scruffier in DS. It fits her laidback personality.
- Permanently Missable Content: If you're not good enough friends with her, she'll leave the valley permanently. If you ARE, she'll claim she's leaving the valley forever... but she decides to return. She likes Forget-Me-Not Valley too much.
- The Snark Knight: Nami can be very sarcastic.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She's very detached at first but will soften up once you befriend/marry her.
- Unkempt Beauty: In AnWL and the DS (Cute) games, she has noticeably shaggier hair compared to AWL.
- Walking the Earth: Has no intention of sticking to one place for long, and had only been lingering in the Valley when you showed up because she liked this place.
Lumina
Click to see her adult look
A well-to-do orphan who was raised by her grandmother and lives in the villa.
Her DS descendant is "Leona".
- All There in the Manual:
- According to the character profiles◊ in Friends of Mineral Town, her parents died in a train wreck.
- The Japanese site for the first game says she was 14. She was aged up in future titles to make her a love interest to Rock and Mark.
- According to the character profiles
- Age-Down Romance: Her age was increased for 'Another Wonderful Life and Special Edition'' to make her an adult (sixteen in Japan, eighteen internationally) so she could be a rival love interest for Rock and a marriage candidate for Mark (who are both 25 in Japan— internationally Rock is 22 while Mark isn't given an age).
- Age Lift: Was fourteen in the first game, sixteen (eighteen internationally) in Another Wonderful Life and Special Edition. DS and Cute outright use her adult design from the start.
- Ascended Extra: In the original version of Wonderful Life, she's just a girl in her early teens who develops a Precocious Crush on the protagonist. In Another Wonderful Life she is Rock's rival love interest. In the Special Edition that came out for the PS2, Lumina is aged up and made into a bachelorette.
- Dub Name Change: In DS. "Leona" -> "Lumina".
- Lonely Rich Kid: Unless you do anything about it, the only person she will ever have to talk to is her elderly butler, her high maintenance grandma, or ROCK. In the DS games she can befriend Mary if you connect to the Mineral Town games.
- Mum Looks Like a Sister: Being the youngest bachelorette means she still looks youthful as the others reach Silver Vixen territory.
- No Accounting for Taste: In DS, she eventually marries the playboy Rock. Most of their events afterwards involve them getting into fights with one another. (Heck, even their rival events are Slap-Slap-Kiss!)
- Ojou: She's the young, proper granddaughter of the richest woman in town.
- Older Than They Look: She's fourteen in the original Wonderful Life game, before being bumped up to being 16 (18 internationally). But even then, she looks like a preteen. Harvest Moon DS rectifies this by using her adult appearance from the start.
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up: In most files Lumina won't turn into her "adult" design until your child is in their Child stage. If you marry her however, when you get to the second chapter she's already changed models.
- Precocious Crush: On Mark, though she initially views him like an older brother. She even cries if he marries someone else.
- Promoted to Love Interest: For Rock in Another Life, and to Mark in A Wonderful Life Special Edition.
- Proper Lady: Raised to be one of these by Romana.
- Raised by Grandparents: Her grandmother took her in after the untimely deaths of her parents.
- Rich Boredom: She's amongst the richest in town but has no actual friends besides the protagonist and doesn't really do much.
- Riches to Rags: If you marry her she happily goes from richest girl in town living in an enormous mansion on top of a hill to farmer's wife down by the river. However it should be noted that the player character can earn a LOT of money as a farmer, so this can be subverted.
- Sailor Fuku: Only in the first two chapters. Averted in the DS games.
- Spoiled Sweet: She lives in an enormous house with her own butler and a fountain in the garden, but she's nothing but kind and friendly the vast majority of the time.
- Trademark Favorite Drink: Her favorite gift in DS is Relax Tea.
Flora
Carter's assistant. Though they share a tent together, their relationship is strictly business. While intelligent and strong, she's not a very good cook.
Her DS descendant is "Flayn".
- Age Lift: Her official age is 26 in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 34 by Natsume in the manuals that came with AWL, ANWL, and AWL:SE overseas.
- Action Girl: She's a blackbelt, as Daryl finds out first-hand. In the DS version, she'll teach you some of her signature moves.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She's normally nice but in DS her black belt skills appear when provoked.
- The Ditz: She was given a slight version of this in the DS games. Not helped by the fact that she speaks with prolonged words and uses ~ at the end of her sentences a lot.
- Hidden Depths: Would you believe that the nerdy archeologist has a black belt?
- Ironic Name: Flora hates plants.
- Older Than She Looks: Internationally, she's around 34 years old, even older than the Old Maid Muffy.
- One-Note Cook: In DS. Her curry is fantastic, but anything else she makes is barely even edible.
- Permanently Missable Content: In DS, if you don't see her Blue Heart event before you marry, you won't be able to unlock the Hot Spring near the mine.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Carter in the Wonderful Life games. They live together, work together, and never end up getting married. Despite rumors, they're only friends.
- Promoted to Love Interest: In DS she becomes an eligible bachelorette. Her relationship with Carter was also changed in order to have him serve as your romantic rival for her.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: Flora is a glasses wearing archaeologist.
- Trademark Favorite Food: She loves curry of all kinds in DS, with her favorite being Rainbow Curry.
Bachelors
Marlin
A ranch hand, and Vesta's brother. He moved out to the valley when he was young because of his failing health, and he's still a bit frail. He can be cold at first, but when he warms up, he shows himself to be a kind-hearted person. He does tend to worry, though.
His DS descendant is "Ash".
- Age-Gap Romance: In the Wonderful Life games, the mid-thirties Masshu harbors romantic feelings for the 19 year old Celia, who he specifically notes is at the age where her femininity is emerging, that she's become lovelier over the last 2 years she's been staying with Vesta, and he expresses his fear that Vesta's influence will cause her to grow into a harsh woman. Averted in the West, where Marlin is 32 and Celia is aged up to 26, but Natsume still kept his lines remarking on how Celia has grown more feminine and mature lately as she's becoming a woman.
- All There in the Manual:
- His height is listed in the official Japanese guidebook to be 185 cm, or 6’1’’.
- His age isn’t listed on the Japanese side, but he’s listed as 32 in the English manuals.
- Berserk Button: If you break Celia's heart, he's only stopped from kicking your ass by Celia's intervention. Even if you try to speak to him afterwards around town, he makes it clear that he will never forgive you for crossing this line.Marlin: Never come near Celia again.
- Brutal Honesty: He doesn't mince his words, and on first meeting he will merely tolerate the player's presence before asking them if they needed anything or leave. This makes him come across as cold to most people.
- Creepy Uncle: Downplayed— he's just Celia's older male relative, not an uncle specifically, and they may be Not Blood Related if they're kin through marriage (the term used when describing them as "relatives," shinseki, is quite generic)— but the official Japanese guidebooks for A Wonderful Life and Another Wonderful Life note that Vesta and Celia are "relatives" while Masshu and Vesta are siblings, making Marlin and Celia related to some degree. Celia appears unaware of his attractions to her in these games, and instead tries to set Pony up with him during his heart event with her in Another Wonderful Life.
- Defrosting Ice King: He will open up as you befriend him, and he is very protective of Celia.
- Delicate and Sickly: He was this in his childhood; he's still somewhat fragile. In AnWL he had to quit his high-powered city career five years prior to the start of chapter one due to failing health. While the cleaner air in Forget-Me-Not Valley is better for him, he still worries that he might not ever recover fully.
- Dub Name Change:
- In the Japanese Wonderful Life games he is "Masshu".
- In the Japanese DS games his descendant is "Ash".
- Expy: This interview with character designer Igusa Matsuyama states that Marlin's design was based on Bruce Campbell from the Evil Dead franchise.
- Hands in Pockets: His default mode when walking around is to have his hands in his pockets. His official art even shows him in this pose.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Many of his lines in the Wonderful Life games have him complaining about women to an almost cartoonish degree, saying it's always better to hang out with men and giving this line in his "Women Change Over Time" event:Marlin: Women are creatures of change. No longer do they just bow to our every whim.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Varies depending on the game and actions. In AWL he will not be nice to you if you pursue Celia, but if you marry someone else he'll be a good drinking buddy. And in AnWL he becomes more like a very shy guy who just happens to not smile often.
- No Social Skills: He has some difficulty communicating. In AnWL he fumbles through his high-affection proposal to say the following:Marlin: And before I knew it... I...uh...Even more than Celia... So...Will you marry me?
- Perpetual Frowner: Most conversations the player has with him he's never seen without a frown. There are some moments however where he does show a smile, especially if you're looking to marry him in AnWL.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Vesta's Red.
- Stalker with a Crush: In ANWL and AWL:SE, his first rival heart event with Celia shows him watching her from behind a building, while she tends to the crops, unaware of his presence. He's startled when you catch him, and stammers out "I wasn't watching Celia or anything...!"
- This Is Unforgivable!: Says this when confronting you in Celia's betrayal scene:Marlin: Don't try and make any excuses! I won't forgive you for this!!
- Took a Level in Kindness: He is less of a jerk when you try to woo him in Another Wonderful Life, even moreso for his counterpart in Harvest Moon DS.
- Vague Age: His age is not stated in the Japanese guidebook for the Wonderful Life games, but a line he can say in Chapter 2 once married in AnWL makes him being under 30 in Chapter 1 extremely unlikely given the customary ages for Japanese company presidents. The English manuals by Natsume avert this by listing his age as 32.Marlin: If my health hadn't taken a turn for the worse, there was a good chance I'd be the company president right about now.
- When He Smiles: Since he's always frowning, when he does start getting more comfortable with the player he seems gentler when he smiles, especially if you're actively courting him.
- Yandere: In Another Wonderful Life and AWL:SE, his first rival heart event ends with him saying "I'll decide who's good for Celia and who's not!"
Rock
The son of Tim and Ruby at the inn, though he looks absolutely nothing like them. He's a party animal who loves just lounging about and looking for fun stuff to do.
His DS descendant is "Romeo".
- Age Lift: His official age is 25 to match the protagonist's in the official Japanese guidebook; decreased to 22 by Natsume in the manuals that came with AWL, ANWL, and AWL:SE overseas.
- Age-Down Romance: Lumina was aged-up to be his his love interest from Another Wonderful Life onwards. Despite their nine (four internationally) year age difference, the difference is not noted in-universe. The same 9-year age difference is also present between her and Mark, and is not remarked on there either. Their DS descendants are also love interests in DS (Cute), though it's unclear how old that incarnation of Leona/"Lumina" is since she starts with AWL Lumina's Chapter 2 outfit, and they are explicitly stated to be childhood friends.
- All Men Are Perverts: Makes a transparently physical invitation to Pony in his first heart event, though the event derails before anything actually happens. If you manage to visit him in his room during the small window of time he's there, the dialogue you have the highest chance of seeing is this:Rock: Make yourself at home. You want to sleep over? Just kidding.
- All There in the Manual: While all Wonderful Life titles strongly imply that he isn't Tei and Lou's biological child, Rock is very emphatic that it's none of anyone's business and that if he did have a sad past, he'd prefer to just forget it, leaving the question unanswered in-game. The official Japanese guidebook for Another Wonderful Life states in his bio that he's not their biological son.
- Animal Lover: You can gain bonus affection with him by caring for your animals, despite all other kinds of farm / ranch work lowering his affection. Snuggling them in particular raises his affection by a good amount. This trait is hinted at in his first two heart events— peeling back his theatrical antics and dramatic storytelling, the first has him distraught over a (seemingly) dead turtle, while the second has him distracted from his romantic pursuit of Pony to play with her dog. After marriage he talks to the pup like an old friend, and asks from time to time if there's any room on the farm for a big turtle. It's a hereditary trait, as his son's second-highest strength and interest is ranching.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Calling him a 'moron' in AnWL is one of the only ways to actually make him angry (as most insults seem to just fly over his head). Making Lumina cry also causes him to get serious as he steps in to say the right words and, for once, leaves without making a fool of himself while whispering a parting shot to you through a smile on his way out.
- Calling Parents by Their Name: AWL’s Rock only ever calls his parents by their first names with no honorifics at all in Japanese, which comes across as bizarre, and serves as a pretty strong clue that he's not their child, both biologically and otherwise. This was Lost in Translation as Natsume changed all mentions of them to "Mom" and "Dad." Averted by Romeo, his Harvest Moon DS incarnation, who always calls Louis “Mom” properly in both Japanese and English.
- Camp Straight: His three favorite things are partying, fashion and women.
- Casanova Wannabe: He fancies himself quite the catch, but his love interest and even the game itself seem disgusted with him. His mother notes that you’re the first person who’s ever taken a liking to him (despite even the correct dialogue options sounding like Pony’s barely tolerating him at best) and begs you to be with him even if you like him just a little. He even looks the part, wearing a sleazy disco leisure suit.
- Character Development: If married, he grows from being a proud anti-work slacker to an enthusiastic (if bumbling) farmhand to finally running the farm himself in memory of you.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Not so much in AWL, but in AnWL...wow. Let's just say he declares your dog his arch-enemy and reacts to it attacking him by challenging it to a race, which he then loses. After marriage, he admits that he's a bit intimidated by your dog's intelligence.
- Doting Parent: He adores the child he has with the farmer and cheers them on every step of the way, often loudly and embarrassingly so. Even in the parent/son argument scene, Rock remains cheerful and doesn't seem to even realize his son is arguing with him.
- Dub Name Change: His DS incarnation is named "Romeo" in the Japanese versions.
- Dumb Blonde: A male example, and boy is he ever. He's as dumb as a... er... well... you know.
- Hey, You!: Habitually calls the player "babe" in Another Wonderful Life, and "dude" in A Wonderful Life: Special Edition. These are both renderings of the same Japanese speech habit: he's overusing the second-person pronoun kimi in a way that comes across as over-familiar and condescending (and flirtatious in a dated, stereotypically cheesy way if used towards a woman).
- Informed Attribute: He tells you he's a pro skier. Knowing Rock, though...
- Keet: An adult, but he still counts: he's shorter than Pony, relentlessly positive, and a total chatterbox.
- Lazy Bum: Rather content to live the life of a layabout. This changes when you marry him when he'll run your farm when you pass away.
- Meaningful Name:
- Rock isn't the smartest guy in town.
- His DS (Cute) incarnations name is "Romeo" in Japan, as a Call-Back to his ancestor’s Love Confession in ANWL (saying “You’re my Juliet! And I’m Romeo!”). It also fits given the Shakespearean character’s impulsive, overly idealistic personality which results in his downfall.
- Not Blood, Not Family: Seemingly inverted, as Tim and Ruby clearly have a closer, more familial relationship with Nami (who is also on strained terms with her biological family) than they do with Rock, their biological child— who calls them by their first names in return. Ultimately zigzagged, as Rock isn't their biological child either, the wording in the official Japanese guidebook being that he's not the "real" son of Tei/Tim and Lou/Ruby. While Tim and Ruby see Nami as the "daughter I always wanted", the family photo in their room shows a different son than Rock, implied to be their "real" son. Rock also goes against this trope in his 2nd rival event with Lumina, advising to treasure the parental figures she has in Romana and Sebastian rather than trying to dig up the ones she never knew. However, he also shows insecurity about his own lack of blood ties, nervously laughing off his lack of resemblance to his parents. He also admits after marriage that he felt completely aimless until you and your child became his family, and takes no small amount of pride in saying "my blood is coursing through your veins!" to his adult son.
- Older Than They Look: He's 22 in the Western releases of the Wonderful Life games, but looks like a young teenager. In the Japanese version he’s 25– same age as Gustafa.
- The Slacker: Doubly so in his DS (Cute) incarnation.
- Surfer Dude: Claims to be one in ANWL, has the dialect to match. Doubles down on this claim after marriage after Pony implicitly calls him on it, saying he still gets a rush from seeing a great wave. Your child inherits the highest athletic skill from him, so he must get both halves of the Dumb Jock personality from somewhere...
- Unreliable Narrator: The 4-heart event in ANWL is largely a series of flashbacks that are relayed to you by Rock. They conveniently cut out right as he starts racing your dog and he instead announces back in the present that he won all three rounds. Your dog begins barking at him and shortly after this he decides he should probably get going.
Gustafa
A songwriter who lives in the valley, and something of a hippie. He's a loner and a wanderer, but he'll befriend you if you like—he might even show you some of his music. He's pretty in-tune with nature. He likes Nami; he's attracted to fellow loners.
His DS descendant is named "Gusta".
- Age Lift: His official age is 25 in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 28 by Natsume in the manuals that came with AWL, ANWL, and AWL:SE overseas.
- Ascended Extra: He went from being a rather pointless character in AWL to one of the three potential spouses in AnWL.
- Dub Name Change: In DS. "Gusta" -> "Gustafa".
- Erudite Stoner: He's not stoned as far as we know, but he acts like it sometimes...
- Friend to All Living Things: Your dog will listen to his music.
- Gag Nose: Even when he is supposed to be prettied up as a potential spouse, the artwork for him seems to exaggerate the size of his nose.
- New-Age Retro Hippie: The original games are implied to take place in the 2000s and the DS ones are a century later, yet Gustafa is still is a hippie living in a tent.
- Nice Guy: He's a very kind and cheerful man.
- Prematurely Bald: According to concept art, he's bald under his hat at the age of 25.
- Round Hippie Shades: He wears a pair of glasses that he rarely takes off. They have a purple lenses in A Wonderful Life while his DS counterpart has black lenses.
- Rummage Sale Reject: Green hat, striped shirt, brown vest with tassels with beatnik shades. He easily stands out.
- Word Salad Lyrics: The song he sings throughout his heart events in Another Wonderful Life doesn't really make sense in English. In Japanese the first character in every part spelled out kimi ga suki, or "I love you." Natsume didn't seem to realize this.
- Younger Than They Look: He's the same age as Rock in the Japanese version (six years older internationally) but people tend to treat him as if he's much older. Must be the beard. To drive this even further, Gustafa is the only bachelor who will never age, and by the end of the last chapter will still look the same as the day you met him, compared to Rock and Marlin whose hair starts to grey by the fourth chapter.
Griffin
The owner of the local bar. Griffin is a aging, calm and gentle guy who loves to play music and mix up drinks. He's known Muffy for years and has a small crush on Muffy. In DS Cute he is a marriageable bachelor.
His DS descendant is named "Gared".
- Cool Old Guy: A very easygoing man who'll welcome you to his bar. He also plays the guitar too if you're lucky.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. Garfun -> Griffin.
- Hidden Depths: If you're lucky, sometimes when walking into his bar you will catch him quietly playing a song on his guitar for whoever wants to listen.
- May–December Romance: He's pretty surprised that someone as pretty and young as your character would want to marry a gruff looking old man like him. In Cute he is this to both him and Muffy and him and the PC. If you go after him, he even asks you if you think you can really be attracted to a man his age.
- Mistaken for Cheating: In the DS games. If Muu/Muffy and Gavin/Griffin marry, Griffin will sometimes confide that Muffy screamed at him public for cheating after seeing him talk to the daughter of an old friend, which turned into a big fight. He’s mortified by this behavior but says he doesn’t know what to do.
- Nice Guy: A very easygoing and responsible bar owner. Even stops you from drinking too much.
- Parental Substitute: In AWL, he behaves more as a father figure to Muffy, and brings her to you for your wedding. It’s still noted in-game that he harbors romantic feelings for her, but she’s unaware of his interest.
- Promoted to Love Interest: He has a crush on Muffy in the original games but can outright marry her in the DS games. He can also marry the protagonist in Cute.
Carter
The local archeologist who works at the dig site with his assistant Flora.
His DS descendant is named "Cain".
- Adventurer Archaeologist: He doesn't actually do a lot of adventuring, but he has the spirit of one at least.
- Does Not Like Spam: In the DS games everyone in the valley really loves curry... except him. He hates it, especially when Flora makes it.
- Face Palm: One of his favorite expressions in the DS games.
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: One DS event has him trying fruitlessly to get out of having to eat Flora's curry. He can't eat it, because... [Player Character walks in]—he, uh, promised he'd go eat lunch with Hello, [Insert Name Here]! Didn't he? (Be nice and rescue the man.)
- May–December Romance: He and Flora aren't too far apart, but he and the PC of DS Cute are. His proposal scene has him remark that he could be your father.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Despite rumors, him and Flora are platonic in the Wonderful Life games (with the exception of a scene where Carter confesses his love to her only for her to push him into the waterfall), and in the DS games if you court either or don't provoke their Rival Events. In Cute Flora even calms his Panicky Expectant Father tendencies, and she ends up the godmother of your child.
- Precursors: He got into archaeology because he thinks he might be descended from them. In a ridiculously difficult-to-see DS scene, the Harvest Goddess tells him he's not, but he ignores her because he's not about to give up his life's work.
- Promoted to Love Interest: To the protagonist in Cute and Flora in both DS games.
Other Villagers
Takakura
His DS descendant is also named "Takakura".
- Aerith and Bob: In a town full of American-friendly names like Chris, Patrick, Celia, and the (Asian) couple Tim and Ruby... there is Takakura.
- All There in the Manual: His bio in Friends of Mineral Town mentioned he used to work in construction. This is confirmed to be the case in My Little Shop.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: As shown in the picture.
- Cool Old Guy: Takakura in AWL may be silent and more than a little distant with you, but he has the farm's best interest always in mind, and is a sort of father figure to your character after your own dad died in the beginning of the game.
- Eyes Always Shut: His eyes only open when he is surprised, such as when he is shown an unfamiliar item.
- Mentor Archetype: Helps the player out on the farm, and gives important information on how to run the farm.
Vesta
Marlin's overbearing sister and owner of Vesta's farm. She takes great joy in her work and is normally quite good-natured and cheerful. Just... don't cross her. We warned you.
Her DS descendant is named "Beth".
- Apron Matron: Part of her working clothes. It's shown to become more worn as the game progresses.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Particularly if you broke Celia's heart.
- Fiery Redhead: Lord help you if you set her off.
- Gonk: Less so than most but she has a large chin, husky voice, large size, and very muscular arms.
- Parental Substitute: Serves as a motherly figure for Celia ever since she moved in the Valley prior to the game.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red for Marlin's Blue.
- Shipper on Deck: In the first chapter, he frequently asks the male protagonist if he's looking for Celia.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: She's very talkative and loud while her younger brother Marlin is shy and soft-spoken.
Kassey
- Dirty Old Man: Showing him an object he dislikes results in him saying he'd rather see pictures of "young girls" instead.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL:
- Kesaran -> Kassey.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Kassey wears blue overalls with a smiley face, Patrick wears green overalls with a flower. Also Patrick has a single hair on his bald spot where Kassey doesn't have one.
- Pyromaniac: He and his twin brother make fireworks for a living, and reside in a tower that resembles a giant rocket.
- Theme Twin Naming: Averted with the brothers' English names, while their Japanese names rhyme and are named after a type of Yōkai
Patrick
- Always Someone Better: Patrick apparently takes pride in being the second best pyrotechnic in the world, with his brother being better than he is.
- Dub Name Change: Both in AWL:
- Pasaran -> Patrick.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Kassey wears blue overalls with a smiley face, Patrick wears green overalls with a flower. Also Patrick has a single hair on his bald spot where Kassey doesn't have one.
- Pyromaniac: They make fireworks for a living, and reside in a tower that resembles a giant rocket.
- Theme Twin Naming: Averted with the brothers' English names, while their Japanese names rhyme and are named after a type of Yōkai
Samantha
Grant's wife and Kate's mother who moves into town in the second chapter.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She seems to be an incredibly high maintenance woman, impatient with guests and her daughter and Grant tries his hardest to avoid coming home from work for as long as possible because of her.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. From San -> Samantha.
- The Ghost: She is noticeably missing in Harvest Moon DS. It's explained that Grant finally got the good sense to divorce her.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Considering how she acts towards her husband...
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Wears a kimono, Prim and Proper Bun, tends to the house and child-rearing. Someone you don't want to piss off.
Grant
Kate's father and Samantha's husband.
- The Alcoholic: Heavily implied. He's at the bar a lot when not working, and in DS his favorite gift is Wine.
- Awful Wedded Life: He's miserable in his marriage to his wife and avoids going home because of her temper as often as he can. In Harvest Moon DS, he gets the courage to divorce her.
- Henpecked Husband: He comes across as this due to Samantha's arguably domineering personality.
- Salaryman: He's styled after one and even gets drunk a lot after working like one.
- Shrinking Violet: Very passive compared to his wife and daughter.
- Workaholic: He purposely works long hours to avoid meeting his less-than-nice wife and bratty daughter at home. In DS, he works hard to support him and Kate.
Kate
A little girl who loves to torment Hugh. She lives in the village with her father, Grant.
- Bratty Half-Pint: She is not a very pleasant child. Especially in DS (Cute), where she's incredibly verbally abusive to Grant, and teases Hugh.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Her relationship with Grant hasn't improved at all by the time she's a teenager.
- Girlish Pigtails: As a child. They're technically braids, though.
- Jerkass: Shown to be a bully to Hugh and disrespectful to her father in DS.
- Kids Are Cruel: She's a bully towards Hugh, even though they're friends.
- Missing Mom: In DS (Cute) her mother Samantha is divorced. She is in her father's custody and doesn't seem to ever visit her mom.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: While not evil, she is a bully...
- She's All Grown Up: Grows into a pretty young woman that your son can crush on.
- Youthful Freckles: She has freckles across her face.
Hugh
A young boy who is an exercise fanatic, just like his father. He is the son of Chris and Wally.
- Age Lift: Starts out as six in Japan, eight internationally.
- He's All Grown Up: Like your child, he grows from a young boy to a young man. Your daughter will have a crush on him.
- Like Father, Like Son: He loves running and sports just like Hugh.
- Patchwork Kids: Takes after his dad but has his mother's red hair.
- Pointless Band-Aid: Wears one on his left cheek. It does make sense that he would wear a band aid to cover up a scrape he got from his training, but not so much if he keeps it there well into his teens.
- Younger Than They Look: Looks eight or nine in the first chapter, but is six. This is because his age was changed to eight in the English version, probably due to his dad's training methods at such a young age.
Nina
An old woman who lives in Forget-Me-Not Valley with her husband, Galen.
- Cool Old Lady: She races against the turtle that lives by the pond!
- Expy: Of Nina from the first game. She has curly hair, though in a shorter style. She also has the same love for flowers and the same name. Considering Ellen appeared as a senior in a previous, similarly dark title, it could be the same character.
- Happily Married: She is Galen's doting wife.
- Killed Offscreen: She passes away in the gap between the first and second chapters in AWL, or during the three-year timeskip that occurs after the birth of your child in DS.
- The Lost Lenore: To Galen after her passing.
- Opposites Attract: She's much kinder and sweet than her gruff husband. Galen then changes after Nina's passing and becomes a bit gentler himself.
Galen
Nina's husband. Spends the first part of the game as a somewhat gruff but kindly old man. Spends the next part of the game a depressed widower.
- Cool Old Guy: He gives you his trusty fishing rod when you befriend him.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. Ghali -> Galen.
- Happily Married: He adores his wife. After her death Nina becomes The Lost Lenore.
- The Mourning After: He never does get over Nina's death, although in later chapters he's not quite as withdrawn and depressed.
- My Greatest Failure: He feels guilty that he couldn't do anything to prevent Nina's death.
- Opposites Attract: He's gruff most of the time, which is opposite to his wife who is nothing but sweet when you first meet them. After Nina's death, Galen falls into a depression, but soon opens up to the player and becomes gentle as well.
Daryll
The village Mad Scientist.
- Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: He looks like he hasn't slept in days and taht also translates to his outfit.
- Einstein Hair: Wild and unkempt.
- Failure Is the Only Option: In AWL, Daryll persistently tries to capture a thing that looks like an abominable snowman, but guess what the result is. Every. Single. Time.
- Mad Scientist: His profession, and he'll give you a free Seed Maker if you befriend him, claiming to be the original inventor.
- Stalker with a Crush: To Flora, in AWL. Fortunately, she seems blissfully unaware of his affections. In DS, he attempts to confess his affections for her. For those of you just tuning in, know that Flora is a blackbelt.
Cody
A scary looking artist who lives in a trailer. In AWL it was implied he and Nami might have feelings for each other. But in AnWL Gustafa is Nami's love interest.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. From Godey -> Cody.
- Face of a Thug: Looks scary, but is actually pretty nice, if quiet.
- The Quiet One: He keeps to himself and rarely has anything to say to anyone.
- Scary Black Man: Subverted. He's a large and intimidating-looking fellow with a deep gravelly voice, but he's really just shy and introverted, and loves to receive flowers as gifts.
- Token Minority: He's the only black guy in town.
Wally
Hugh's dad, and Chris' husband. He's an athlete who moved into town because the valley makes for a great place to run.
- Bishie Sparkle: His eyes are always big, blue, and sparkly.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. From Suary -> Wally.
- Happily Married: To Chris.
Chris
Wally's wife and Hugh's mother. She's a businesswoman and is away from the valley most of the time, but despite this she has a loving and stable relationship with her family.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. From Kris -> Chris.
- Fortune Teller: As a hobby, she'll give your child their fortune.
- Gender-Blender Name: "Chris" is more often used for male characters. It could be short for "Christine" but it's never mentioned.
- Happily Married: To Wally.
- Pink Means Feminine: Her business suit, though it'll turn orange when she's older.
Murray
A bum that lives in the valley. Not much was known about him before he became homeless, but he occasionally mentions having a family in a place called Po-Po Valley.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Some days you can find him sitting near where you would set up your shop as he begs for money.
- The Alcoholic: Implied. He goes to the bar regularly despite being homeless, and even if he does manage to scrounge up enough money to move back to Po-Po Valley, he always ends up spending all his money on drinks before he can make the move.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: He gave names to the flies buzzing around him.
- Crazy Homeless Person: Possibly downplayed for a kids game. But he does steal from you and others. Your dog is more than happy to chase him off the property when they catch sight of him.
- Dub Name Change: He is named "Moi" in Japan.
- Ignored Epiphany: If you befriend Murray enough and give him money, he will one day tell you he's saved enough money to return to Po-Po Valley. He thanks you and gifts you a gem in appreciation, saying he'll miss being in Forget-Me-Not, but he's ready for a new change as he walks off. The next day, you find he's still in Forget-Me-Not and when you talk to him, he admits he spent all the money on drinks.
- The Pig-Pen: He even names his flies.
- Verbal Tic: Has a habit of saying "moi". Also it turns out his Japanese name is Moi.
Van
A traveling merchant who often visits Forget-Me-Not Valley to peddle goods to the player.
- Does Not Like Spam: He hates butter. Given that he is trying to lose weight.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. From Bahn -> Van.
- Eyes Always Shut: Despite wearing glasses, he still has them closed.
- Gonk: Though not to the degree of the Gourmet, his large size makes him one.
- Secret Character: He appears in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town after giving 30 gifts to the Harvest Goddess.
- We Buy Anything: You can sell your goods to Van, whom will buy just about anything.
- Weight Woe: He is trying to lose some weight as a cutscene will involve bragging about losing some weight to Tim. You can deliver either congrats or Brutal Honesty.
Tim
Runs the Inner Inn with his wife, Ruby. Also Rock's father, he used to be a traveler before settling down.
His Harvest Moon DS counterpart does not appear in the game, though Louis (Ruby in English) mentions her unnamed husband is off traveling the world.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. From Tei/Tay - Tim.
- Eyes Always Shut: His eyes are always closed for some reason.
- Parent Never Came Back from the Store: Played for drama in Harvest Moon DS: Tim is one of the two AWL characters (the other being Samantha) whose Identical Grandson is not present in the Valley. Talking to DS!Ruby in her bedroom, she explains that her husband is traveling the world (which is something AWL!Tim often considers leaving to do). Or that’s what he said he was leaving to do, anyway— she says he never even writes her, and she’s very worried. Wherever he is, he never returns, and his disappearance is a topic both Rock and Ruby avoid otherwise.
- Walking the Earth: Used to be a traveler before settling down as an innkeeper, and confesses that after all this time he still doesn’t feel like an innkeeper and doesn’t think he’ll ever shake the urge to pack up and travel again. His DS descendant is doing this according to Louis, but he hasn’t even written her back in some time and is presumed missing.
Ruby
Rock's mother, and runs the Inner Inn with her husband Tim. She is the Inn's cook, and will give you her signature spice if you befriend her.
Her DS descendant is Louis.
- Accent Adaptation: Averted— Lou and her DS descendant Louis both have a Kansai regional accent in the Japanese versions, but Natsume gave her no unique speech patterns in English. This is in contrast to Tsurutan/Tartan, whose Kansai accent in A Wonderful Life was rendered as slangy, casual speech by Natsume... but confusingly, they kept Tartan's line about Ruby speaking just like him.
- Ambiguously Brown: She has a darker skintone than most of the cast, but it's unclear whether she's meant to be foreign compared to the Japanese countryside-inspired setting. Her Kansai accent is noted by Tsurutan, who remarks that they're likely from the same region, suggesting she's Japanese.
- Dub Name Change:
- AWL: Lou -> Ruby.
- Her DS descendant: Louis -> Ruby.
- Averted in the Friends of Mineral Town remake where she returned as Lou.
- Secret Character: She appears in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town after giving 75 gifts to the Harvest Goddess.
- Supreme Chef: Her cooking is second to none. She also gives you her special spice.
- Walking the Earth: Like her husband, she also traveled with him before deciding the settle down.
Romana
Lumina's grandmother and caretaker. She lives in the Villa on the top of the hill. She also happens to be the first villager in Forget-Me-Not Valley.
Her DS descendant is Panama.
- Berserk Button: She is very sensitive about her age.
- Cool Old Lady: She tends to act much younger than she is.
- Introverted Cat Person: She has an extroverted personality but doesn't leave her mansion often, partly because she has trouble walking around in her old age. Romana has two pet cats.
- Kind Hearted Cat Lover: She has two cats in her mansion, she will give you a black cat if you befriend her.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Lost her child and in-law to a trainwreck, which leads to her raising Lumina.
- Sole Survivor: If you're good friends with Romana, she'll tell you that she was the only survivor of a boat wreck. It also claimed her husband.
Sebastian
Romana and Lumina's loyal butler.
- Butt-Monkey: His attempt to get Mukumuku's hair ended in vain.
- The Jeeves: A faithful butler for Romana and Lumina.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Had served many years to Romana and remained close friends.
Hardy
The town's doctor who regularly comes to check on Romana. He will move in permanently in Chapter 2 since he only makes visits from Town to the Villa in Chapter 1.
- Dub Name Change: In AWL. Badog -> Hardy.
- Exposed to the Elements: Apparently he wears shorts and sandals all year, even the winter.
- Face of a Thug: He's a sweet man despite looking like a super-villain. (Must be his fake eye).
- Hidden Depths: He lost one of his eyes from a disease that he caught from a patient and is a little self conscious about how his fake eye looks, but he's proud of it because to him it's a symbol that he saved that patient's life at all costs.
- Rugged Scar: Has a scar going across where he now has his robotic eye.
Unusual Villagers
Mukumuku
A creature that lives in the forest, it will appear every winter.
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Abominable Snowman flavor.
- Gentle Giant: Mukumuku towers over all the other characters, but he is nothing but gentle and sweet.
- Pokémon Speak: The words he speaks sound similar to his name.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Fish.
- The Unintelligible: "Mofa" being the only word he can say.
- Was Once a Man: Rumored to have once been a man that lived in a forest before turning to a beast.
Tartan
- Does Not Like Spam: Carrots in their crop form, though he doesn't mind their seeds.
- Dub Name Change: Tsurutan -> Tartan.
- Luck-Based Mission: How trying to make hybrid crops work. You'll need to feed him two different seeds to create a brand new seed. However it's not guaranteed that'll work so you need to keep trying. Though fusing seeds and certain flowers (Gemsoils, Happy Lamps and Upseeds) has much more success by giving it a special benefit (Grow on any soil, grow in any season and crop rank is S respectively).
- Motor Mouth: Tartan always tends to talk his heads off.
- Plant Person: More plantlike than most examples, but the fact he's capable of speech and sentience still applies.
- Weaksauce Weakness: He's allergic to carrots. However you can let him analyze carrot seeds.
Daachan
Daachan reappears (now called "Daniel" in English versions) in Harvest Moon DS)
- Creepy Doll: Rather homely looking, rather
Ugly Cute though. - Dub Name Change: From "Daa-chan" to "Daniel" in DS.
- Living Toys: Moves around when no one is around, though your child knows his secret.
- The Voiceless: In the Wonderful Life sub-series it's mute. It can talk in DS
Harvest Sprites
A trio that resides in the big tree at the spring. They've also appeared in Harvest Moon: Save The Homeland.
- Alliterative Family: In the English translations their names rhyme.
- Big, Thin, Short Trio: Flak is the biggest one, Nic is the smallest one, and Nak is the one in the middle.
- Chromatic Arrangement: Nak wears red, Flak wears yellow and Nic wears blue.
- Dub Name Change:
- Ebony -> Nic
- David -> Nak
- Flat -> Flak
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: The biographies obtained from connecting Friends Of Mineral Town and A Wonderful Life claim that Flat/Flak has a "dirty mouth".
- Youkai: Like all Harvest Sprites, they're explicitly korpokkur in the Japanese version: fairy-like little sprites originally from Ainu folklore, somewhere between a youkai and a cryptid.
